Toy sailboat



Mar. 20, 1923 1,449,030

W. T. BARNEY ET AL TOY SAILBOAT Filed. NOV. 25, 1921 Patented Mar. 20,1923.

UNiT STATES WALTER T. BARNEY AND OLAV HOVDEN, OF POINT LOE IA,CALIFORNIA.

TOY SAILBQAT.

Application filed November 23, 1921. Serial No. 517,203.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER T. BARNEY and OLAV I'IOVDEN CltlZBIIS of theUnited States, residing at Point Lorna, in the county of San Diego andState of California, have invented a certain new and useful ToySailboat, of which the following is a speci fication.

Our invention relates to toy sail boats and more particularly; toprovide a comparatively indestructible toy sail boat; and some of theobjects of our invention are to provide an easily and quickly appliablemast which may be applied and secured to any boat enabling the youngsailor to improvise a beautiful boat from a tin can. block of wood andthe like; to provide such a sail boat in. which the mast is flexiblyattached to the boat so that in case of a storm or other cataclysni whenthe timbers may be shivered or the mast swept from the deck the mast isnot broken but may be easily and quickly stuck on the surface of theboat and the good ship is ready to sail again; simplicity ofconstruction, low first cost, durability and to teach the child theprinciple of the vacuum cup and the force of atmospheric pressure.

With these and other objects in View as will appear hereinafter ourinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly! set forth in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the char actorsof reference thereon which form a pa rt of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our sail boat; Fig. 2 is anelevational View partly in section and fragmentarily; and

Fig. 3 is a detailed fragmentary side elevational view of the base ofthe mast.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The principal parts of our structure are: a boat 1. and a mast 2. In theembodiment of our invention shown in the drawings. we have illustratedthe boat 1 as formed of an ordinary oval-shaped sardine can,hermetically sealed so as to render the boat unsinkable. The boat may beformed also of an open can of similar kind with the mast attached on theinside of the bottom.

A painted wood block may also be used if it has a smooth surfaceimpervious to air. Any object with such a surface may be used to form animprovised boat or a more elaborately formed or constructed toy boat mayalso be utilized. The mast may be a simple wood shaft 2. This isattached to the boat 1 by means of a vacuum cup 3 preferably formed ofrubber. The vacuum cup member 3 consists of a tubular portion at the topto receive the lower end of the mast 2 and a cup-shaped bottom the edgeof which extends out and is expanded so that when the'cup is presseddown against the smooth surface so that the air is expelled therefromand released, the atmospheric air presses upon, the outer surface of theflange at t and holds the cup securely to the surface 5 of the boat 1.

Any suitable sail 6 preferably of water proof material may be used. Thesail 6 is preferably mounted on yards 7 and 8 which are rigidly securedon the mast 2 to hold the sail in the position set. It is: obvious thatin use any force that may cause a Wreck and sweep the sails from theboat 1 will merely break the seal of the vacuum cup 3 and release themast from the boat without breaking it, so that the young sailor mayeasily stick the mast on again and the boat will be ready to proceed onits way.

Although we have shown and described a particular construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions we do not wish to belimited to this particular construction. combination and arrangement butdesire to include in the scope of our invention the construction,combination and arrangement substantially. as set forth in the appendedclaims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy sail boat, comprising a boat and a mast, said mast beingmounted on said boat by a vacuum cup.

2. A toy sail boat. comprising a boat and a mast, said boat being formedwith a.

smooth surface impervious to air, and said mast being provided with avacuum cup at its base by means of which said mast is secured to saidboat by atmospheric pressure.

3. A toy sail boat. comprising a boat and a mast therefor, said mastbeing mounted on said boatby a resilient adhesive connection.

5 mast is mounted on said boat.

4. In a toy sail boat, a mast, mounted thereon by a resilient adhesiveconnection. 5. A toy sail boat, including a. boat, a mast, and a vacuumcup, by which said 6. A toy sail boat, including a float member, a mast,a sail rigidly secured to said mast and a resilient flexible vacuum cup

